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the North Island having higher natural increase (i.e. births minus deaths) and international migration; since the late 1980s, the internal migration flow has been from the North Island to the South Island. In the year to June 2020, the North Island gained 21,950 people from natural increase and 62,710 people from international migration, while losing 3,570 people from internal migration.
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as population centres in the North Island have grown faster than those of New
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Islanders born overseas at the 2018 census were 29.3%. The most common foreign countries of birth were England (15.4% of overseas-born residents), Mainland China (11.3%), India (10.1%), South Africa (5.9%), Australia (5.5%) and Samoa (5.3%).
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found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name. After a public consultation, the board officially named it North Island, or the aforementioned Te Ika-a-Māui, in
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826:. Of the total population, 733,893 people (19.3%) were aged under 15 years, 743,154 (19.5%) were 15 to 29, 1,721,427 (45.2%) were 30 to 64, and 609,534 (16.0%) were 65 or older.
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The North Island has a larger population than the South Island, with the country's largest city, Auckland, and the capital, Wellington, accounting for nearly half of it.
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when sea levels were over 100 metres lower than present day levels, the North and South islands were connected by a vast coastal plain which formed at the
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881:(68.5%). Europeans formed the plurality in the Auckland region (49.8%) and are the majority in the remaining 39 districts.
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This article is about the island in New
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The North Island, in relation to the South Island and
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Māori form the majority in three districts of the North Island:
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Healthcare in the North Island is provided by fifteen
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451:province in northern Ireland) which was also a
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1919:"77% of NZers live in North Island"
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1461:Waitematā District Health Board
1437:Northland District Health Board
330:'the fish of Māui', officially
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2598:rather than a regional council
2070:style guide: N ("New Zealand")
1806:List of islands of New Zealand
1651:Taranaki District Health Board
1561:Western Bay of Plenty District
1477:Auckland District Health Board
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2214:Ray, N.; Adams, J.M. (2001).
1499:Waikato District Health Board
1413:District Health Boards (DHBs)
784:North Island Volcanic Plateau
545:Geography of the North Island
32:North Island (disambiguation)
2431:travel guide from Wikivoyage
1637:Central Hawke's Bay District
514:voyage between 1769 and 1770
457:New Zealand Geographic Board
1890:(territorial authorities);
1583:Lakes District Health Board
742:forest parks of New Zealand
358:world's 14th-largest island
191:2,797 m (9177 ft)
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2040:. New Zealand Government.
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1513:Matamata-Piako District
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754:Auckland Volcanic Field
736:Whanganui National Park
726:Tongariro National Park
714:Tongariro National Park
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453:province of New Zealand
241:Territorial authorities
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2877:Prince of Wales Island
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704:Egmont National Park
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658:Capes and peninsulas
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625:North Taranaki Bight
563:South Taranaki Bight
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1981:on 14 February 2013
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